Andes Mint Cupcakes

I was introduced to Andes Mints at a very young age. Though, my strongest memory was not of eating them, it was of being attacked by them.
My family commonly went to a little Mexican restaurant in town, and when we finished eating we would get these mints with the check. My two older brothers would make a sort of blow dart from the wrapper, and choose their target. Me.
So here’s to a friendlier version of Andes Mints that we can all enjoy. [end-story]

I love mint chocolates. My parents were never sweets people, and mint chocolate was the only chocolate they will ever eat. I love how restaurant give mint chocolate with the check,so I can have it after the meal.

I also love the green color. It is just like my town Portland, Oregon.

Your cupcakes always look SO gorgeous! I was wondering if you could do a picture by picture (or video) tutorial on how exactly you do the piping??! I'd love the help in learning the trick!! Thank you for your continued inspiration in baking. 🙂

I love, love, LOVE Andes mints! Especially the ones they give you at Olive Garden restaurants, which really hit the spot after a meal of salad, breadsticks, and pasta. I can only imagine how great these cupcakes are.

I just stumbled onto your website and I have to tell you, I have never been so excited about making cupcakes. I saw these Andes Mints Cupcakes on another site and just about lost it. I love Andes mints and these look like absolute heaven. I just need to recover from knee surgery so I can make them!! Thank you SO much for sharing.

V, make sure you let the cream cheese and butter beat for a few minutes. Also, make sure you butter is softened (leave it out for a few hours or over night) but make sure it is NEVER melted. Then I usually just add a little bit of powdered sugar at a time until I reach my desired consistency. Good luck!

I have NEVER made cupcakes like this before. Sure I've used a box mix but never made my own icing and all too…THESE WERE AMAZING! not too sweet and just de-lish! THANKS for the blog instructions. They helped A LOT! I used 3 cu/confectioners sugar (vs the 3-4 recommended) as I didnt want them to be too sweet and it wasn't. Im not an icing person, but this was spot on!

So weird, my family used to go to a mexican restaurant in Overland Park, KS called Dos Amigos, and we would get these mints afterwards! We get a ton of these every Christmas because its my mom's favorite candy 🙂

How many cupcakes did this recipe make?ans also whever i use cream cheese my frosting never holds its shape any tips on making it keep its shape i also put it in the fridge but when i take it out it falls lol

Hello Lizzy, as Marie said above, Olive Garden gave these out when I used to go as a kid. I'm unsure if they do now, but I agree, these were my favorite part of the meal! I might make these cupcakes to stir up some nostalgia, they look delicious!

Loved the taste just could not get the icing to be stiff enough to pipe without it being to soft and falling even adding powdered sugar didn't help. Anyone have suggestion on the an alternative to the icing to use in stead of the buttercream that you can still pipe on? HELP!!

WOW!!!! I just make this cupcakes last night, finish the frosting and ganache this morning…to DIE for!!! I made them with the Betty Crocker Triple Chocolate Fudge (I didn't have the Devil's food) they came out really heavy, took 12 to my dentist office and 10 to my son's school to share with the teachers, I keep one for me and one for my son, the size was just fine but they texture, their weight, the flavor…AMAZING!!! I couldn't find the piping tip so I use the 2D from Wilton…never hear about the Ateco, Michael's store carry this type of tips? where can I get those? THANKS FOR SHARING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Next on my list: Carrot cupcakes with White chocolate icing for next week's Christmas party at work..and yes, I will post how the cupcakes went.

Forgot to mention, I had the same problem…I added more powdered sugar to my icing but still was to soft…somehow I manage. How can I add more consistency on it? I follow the recipe on both, ingredients and directions as I always do when I bake a new recipe..usually on the second or third time I change something 😉 Thanks for your help, and again..thanks for sharing!!!

I will be posting a buttercrea mtutorial video soon, so hopefully that will help you all out. But make sure to never melt your butter! Ateco piping tips, I find them at locoal decorating places but I am sure you can get them online. Or, you can just look them up online, see what they look like and I am sure Wilton has a sismalr tip.

I think box mixes are easy for everyone to use and get great results. And that is my number priority, making sure my recipes translate to the kitchen of my readers. I also am a college student on a college schedule and budget, so cake mixes fit better 🙂

I recently made this cupcake & could not get the filling to stay a liquid consistency. The chocolate wanted to harden during the piping process so I actually just skipped it. The cupcakes turned out wonderfully without. I actually feel the filling would've been a bit much considering the icing & the candy. I added a tad bit more peppermint than listed because the icing tasted a little plain. I was wondering about the powdered sugar in the icing…mine had a good stiff consistency but not like I wanted it to..should I add more powdered sugar? Over all this is an most excellent cupcake that I had tons of compliments on! Thank you 🙂

If you wanted your buttercream consistency more stiff, yes add more powdered sugar. People who simply spread their buttercream on with a knife don't need frosting as stiff as people piping, so it's difficult to give exact measurements. Good luck!

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I followed a trail to your blog from this week’s Sweet Sixteen Collection. Congratulations! I’m glad I found you. These cupcakes look amazing! No wonder they were included in the collection for St. Patrick’s Day!

I made these twice already. I made them for a party and then again for Valentines Day, except I made the frosting pink. I gave to my teachers as a thank you, but I dropped them in a container and then flipped and they still were yummy!!!!!!! Thank you for the idea, I have always loved Andes mint candies!!!!!!

I found your website through Pinterest…These are the first cupcakes I made from your site and they were absolutely PHENOMENAL! By far the best cupcakes I’ve ever made or tasted. Everyone I shared them with absolutely died for them. They were gone in about 30 seconds. And they were beautiful as ever..I got MANY compliments on them. Only thing I did different was added some crushed Andes mints into the batter that I found at the grocery store. I also ditched the Cream Cheese frosting.. I made it and just didn’t care for it, so I just made my favorite buttercream (not a cream cheese fan), and added the peppermint extract. They came out so wonderful..I can’t wait to try the next recipe from your page! Thank you for sharing your talent! (I think it’s going to be the Cinnamon Toast Crunch ones next.) 🙂

These are crazy good!!! I made them using homemade devils food cake and made more of the filling. I made these into cupcakes in a jar by cutting the cupcakes in half, putting the bottom half in an 8 oz. Mason jar, drizzle some filing on it followed by some chopped Andes mints, put the top half in, pipe the frosting on and garnish with an Andes mint. Yummy!!!!

I usually make cupcakes on Saturdays to take to my in laws house. My sil hinted she wanted mint cupcakes this Saturday. I searched for mint cupcakes on pinterest and found these beauties. I will be making them for the family on Saturday and posting my results on my blog which is http://www.mommyiamhungry.blogspot.com 🙂 please follow me back, thank you

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Made these for a recent party and they were a HUGE hit. Turned out completely perfectly. Attempting to turn these into a cake for my sister’s birthday/father’s day tomorrow- hopefully it’ll turn out just as well!

This recipe is AMAZING. The cupcakes are so moist and with the filling, sooo good. I made these cupcakes once for people at work and in two weeks I’ve gotten so many orders for them. Thank you for this amazing recipe!!!

When filling the cupcake with the ganache, how do you keep the bottle tip or the piping tip from filling with the cupcake matter prior to squeezing in the filling? I did some filled cupcakes this weekend and my tip just kept getting plugged with the cake that I ended up having to make holes with a toothpick and I was disappointed with those results. Thanks!

OMGoodness! My 11y/o daughter and I (with a little help from my 7y/o son) just made these…Holy Mint Batman! She is bringing them into school tomorrow to celebrate her birthday….Hope they are a big hit with her friends and teachers. Thank you sooooo much….FYI, my daughter was eating mint choco chip ice cream since she was 9 months old…..

I just made this and it turned out great! Literally the best cupcake i ever tasted. i tried this recipe during the summer and it didnt turn out so good. But just today I redid the recipe and it turned out fantastic! My breath is all minty now just from trying it. thnx so much for this recipe 🙂

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I found this recipe on Pintrest, and tried it. Instead of Angel Cake we used Betty Crocker Gluten Free Cake Mix and we loved it! The icing recipe is delicious, and i couldn’t stop eating it! Although we put in another 1/4 TSP of peppermint, and it made it just right!! I loved your recipe!! 🙂

I worked at Harmons as a Cake Decorator. Making the gourmet cakes was my favorite thing to do. I always enjoyed making the mint chocolate because of the smell. Melting the chocolate to drizzle it around the top and decorate with the Andes mints YUUUMM! Good days….

Do you think the milk chocolate flavor of cake mix would work instead of the devil’s food one? and what did you dust the tops with, is this sugar? or salt? I can’t wait to make these! They look heavenly!

I want to make cupcakes like this for my daughter’s graduation. If I make the cupcakes and put the ganache on top, can I freeze them? How much ahead of time can I do this, and what would you do as the process of freezing and unthawing? I am thinking I would then do the final frosting the day of the event?

I just made this and it turned out great! Literally the best cupcake i ever tasted. i tried this recipe during the summer and it didnt turn out so good. But just today I redid the recipe and it turned out fantastic! My breath is all minty now just from trying it. thnx so much for this recipe 🙂

Marie, I have to totally agree with you on your comment!!! I’m the same way when it comes to Mint Andes. I buy them by the bag, and they do not last at my house, especially because my daughter lovesssssss them too!